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Diana C. Reep

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Diana Reep, writing as D. C. Reep, has been a writer since she told horror stories to classmates in elementary school. As an English professor, she taught film, popular culture, technical writing, and the Arthurian legend. No longer grading papers, she’s writing historical fiction set around 1900. In her free time, she travels to historic sites, Civil War battlefields being a special favorite. Her books focus on real events. The Dangerous Summer of Jesse Turner, follows three teens into danger with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War of 1898. Kiss’d, a YA adventure, combines a ghost, time travel, danger, and romance in World War I. Chicago Movie Girls is a story about three sisters in the early silent m ...more

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	Chicago Movie Girls by Diana C. Reep (Goodreads Author), E.A. Allen 3.97 avg rating — 114 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dangerous Summer of Jesse Turner by Diana C. Reep (Goodreads Author), E.A. Allen 4.49 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss'd by Diana C. Reep (Goodreads Author), E.A. Allen 3.96 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Technical Writing: Principles, Strategies, and Readings 3.60 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luke Under Fire: Caught Behind Enemy Lines by Diana C. Reep (Goodreads Author), E.A. Allen 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Educator's Writing Handbook it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Rescue and Romance: Popular Novels Before World War I 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blakemore Touch 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Here’s a moment when a ghost visits the heroine in Kiss’d: A Time Travel Romantic Adventure. Copyright © 2016 by Diana C. Reep

I don’t even undress and get ready for sleep. Instead, I silently open my door and creep down the stairs. In the kitchen, Snowball circles my feet purring softly, while I hesitate in front of the meat fork. If the other night was a dream, I don’t need a weapon. If I really Read more of this blog post »

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